Stuffing box



Patented Nov, l5, 1927.

WILLIAM L. KARIDEN, OF ELMHUBST,

' METER OOIPANY, 0F NEW YORK,

NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOB 'Ji'.O NEPTUNE N. Y., A CORPORATION AOE NEW' JERSEY.

Application led- December `16, 1926.l Serial No. 155,274.

The stuing box which forms the subject of the resent invention was designed with particu transmitting shaft of water meters, by whic the movement of the nutating disc or other actuating part is transmitted to the registery ing devices, which are^usually mounted on the top of the meter casing. It is-desirable in such uses to create as ble on the transmittin shaft and yet to prevent efectually the lea age of water or other liquid being metered from the casing The special advantages secured by the improved construction are on the sturing box, .whereby the tension on the ystulingboxv can be varied to suit different conditions of use and the provision of means whereby wear 20. is taken up automatically in the long continued use of suchdevces, the construction being such, moreover, that all of the working parts canbe submerged in oil to the exclusion of water or other liquid and prevention of corrosion. Although the invention has been developed with reference to the particular use mentioned, it will be evident that r the advantages 4of the improved construction are capable of realization in other` uses.v Theinvention will be more fully explained hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawing, the 4single figure of which is a View in sectional elevation ofa stuiling box which embodies the invention. j

In the drawing the meter casinv is re resented at a and at b is 'indicated p ate w ich is placed within the meter casing and carries anexteriorly threaded and interiorily cham-v bered boss b which is projected vupward through a suitable aperture in the casing a. A packing ring a is interposed' between the casing and the plate and a nut b2 threaded on the boss b serves tomake a tight joint between the casing and the plate. As .thus far described, the construction is a matter of convenienceand so far-as the present invention is concerned, the plate b, with its exteriorly threaded and interiorlychamberedbo b may be regarded as the'equivalent of the meter casing or other supportin member. The transmitting shaft o 1s projected through the plate b and within the chamber of the boss b 1s shouldered, preferably being ar reference to its application to theKA h rial, havin'ga free working fit about the shaft little drag as possiy and has a free working the provision of meansv 15 whereby constant tension can be maintained the provision of meansv formed with a chamber of the boss b and at the bottom thereof isla washer d of any suitable -mate- @,Jshe shoulder formed at the lower end of the collar c resting on lthe washer. Upon they washer ci is superimposed a sleeve Ve which, lits freely within the chamber and form's a chamber about the collarV c. A'second washer f is superimposedon the sleeve c fit about the shaft, resting upon the shoulderI :formed at the upper end ofthe collar o. A second sleeve g fitted loosely within the chamber of the boss b', rests upon the washer f and is preferably extended slightly above .the upper end of the boss b for contact with a cap h which is threaded on the boss b and has a loose tit on the shaft c;

- Loose on the shaft c within the chamber of the boss and resting on 4the washer f, is a collar z' and between this collar andthe top of the cap h is interposed a spring k which bears at its lower end `upon the collar i and solid collar c.-4 Within thel presses it down upon the washer f, the pressure being transmitted in some degree through the washer to the 'solid collar c and through it upon the washer d.

It will be seen that through the threaded cap la. the sleeves'e, g and the washers d, f are held 'together which can be varied t0 suit different conditions of use and that through the pressure of the spring compensated for automatically and a proper degree of pressure between the shoulders on the shaft and the washers is maintained at all times. `When the stuing/ box is assembled, the chambers within the boss b are preferably filled with oil to exclude water or other li' uid from the work-ing parts of the stuing ox and prevent corrosion.

under a constant pressure c on the loose collar i wear 1s It will be understood that various changes in details of construction and arrangement can be made yto suit different conditions of use and that, excej'nt` as accompanying claim the invention is not restricted to the precise construction shown and described herein.

I claim as my invention:

In 'a stuing box the combination of a plate havin a. chambered boss, a houldered shaft exten ed through the chaml red boss pointed out iny the andhavng 'a solid collar to form shoulders, washers, a second sleeve bearing against the a Washer carried at one end of the' chamber outer ,face of the second Washer, and means and having one of the shoulders of the collar` coacting with the boss to maintain the parts 10 bearing thereaganst to form a thrust bea.r. in Contact under pressure.

5 ing for the shaft, a second washer coacting This specifcatlon signed this 14th day of with the other shoulder of the collar, a sleeve December, A. D. 1926. fitted within the chamber and between the WILLIAM L. MARDEN. 

